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Be following this leveling the Playing Field for the balance in the neighborhood that people talked about is critical i think that some like chain stores and formula Retail Stores in neighborhoods that are food deserts for example a critical need for more types of stores especially food retail and we take into account for the other neighborhoods like north beach theres a strong sentiment of the unique character the Small Business owners and others who have testified today, i think it is clear th...

From the Planning Department for the urban master plan. Good afternoon, everyone. Supervisors im john sway with the planning staff and the manager of the citys urban forest plan i want to give you an update and copy for the supervisors so the urban forest plan a joint effort between the Planning Department and the rec and Park Department as well as work with the friends of the urban forest and the urban Forestry Council the goal to figure out a way to manage the cities trees and grow our urban f...

Legislation has 9 major components ill walk us through and although, my colleagues to make comments before the planning staff gives their explanation the 9 components of the legislation the legislation expansive definition of formula retail to apply for businesses with 11 or more outlets worldwide sooepz only in the u. S. The chain stores are more global it will include the japantown based business to count the stores out outside of the u. S. And number 2 our legislation includes the railway use...

Maneuvered we ask you the process needs review not overly did not an economic studies with an idea of what constitutes best businesses this hinges on the threshold of the report under todays control fees for controls uses consider parks and some employment related impacts they require additional studies for large retail over 50 thousand square feet in size whether or not their exempted both proposals will require 3 new studies with a variable area to be determined by the use the 3 studies includ...

Katrero serviced that is considered the basement this is sin allergic to the Grocery Store we would like to welcome them, and, secondly, the 20 percent concentration in upper market and its codification our specific concern is if theres a case where pertaining with upper market and church if we go to do something there its supported that i the neighborhood and staff weve done all the research and the automatic disapproval casts a 0 cloud theres been specific examples of sees candy and sprbz not ...

Should be extended the Planning Department needs to have the flexibility and supervisors and the Community Needs to have the flexibility to determine what is need in their own neighborhoods i also think that you know we need to look at flexibility the problem is you know those kinds of recreations weve had with the Planning Department came up with a great study you see how well, this current set of recreations is working why do we need to make them more restrictive going worldwide is a problem o...

Families coming to San Francisco as a forgotten i have to pay out of pocketed having counseling at schools and much the medical services anothers school sites. How do you respond. Im assuming were talking about the idea if i have all those services then the population will increase the Public Utilities population will increase this is incorrect the reason that families move into the city only to see whether the Education System is teaching their children how to write and read how to fill out a j...

Of the street trees actually, they first started as a committee with the cable cars we joined with the committee with the chamber of commerce and started the citywide Tree Planting program in San Francisco youve got 60 years of advocates saying we want to help us to get more trees in San Francisco and the department of public works is saying we cant maintain the 3rd of street trees and well meeting only 50 percent of gallows and the dpw is saying well increase our tree common place by 50 percent...

Our business on whatever street on fillmore or third street or union street honoring that and pd to keep that intact but also when we bring in formula retail what happens those to jobs and economic so the jobs for justice im sure youre all aware of has been working on the bill of rights for formula retail in particular were excited to have it expanded in the initiate its talking about the worker bill of rights when those Companies Come in insuring they provide jobs because we all care about the ...

Not to come to San Francisco theyll never do enough sales to recoup the costs im just afraid were going to drive our customers our consumers and those tenants to another city i dont think there goes to come to San Francisco and im worried about the city im going to leave some pictures of before and after. Thank you very much. Next speaker. My name is hahn the president of the Real Estate Company we special in small and did not firms and born and raised in the sunset district now old enough when ...